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. W. F. NIEDERRITER.

THILL TU'G.

No. 501,293; v Patented July 11, 1893.

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM F. NIEDERRITER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-FOURTH T 0 ANDREW L. ANDERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

THlLL-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,293, dated July 11,1893.

Application filed February 25, 1892. Serial No. 422,738- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. NIEDER- RITER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inThiil-Oarriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple, neatly appearingand efficient thill carrier. To this end, I construct the carrier of twopivotally connected sections overlap ping and interlocking at their freeends and opening outward to admit the thill. The body member of the saidtwo sections is constructed to spring at its free end, so as to permitsufficient endwise movement of the same for the ready locking andunlocking of the overlapping parts. The free end of the other or outermember is provided with an out-turned projection, preferably in theform'of a roll or boss adapted to serve as a finger rest in the lookingand unlocking action. The body member of the said two sections-is alsoprovided with a depressed and yielding seat for a removable billetholder, which is insertible into and removable out of the said seat byspringing the free end of the said body section.

The head of the carrier is provided with a back-strap buckle-holder soconstructed as to permit the ready application and removal of thebuckle.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein, likeletters referring to like parts throughout, Figure 1 a side elevationillustrating the applicationof the device. Fig. 2 is a front elevationof one of the carriers detached. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of thesame, the dotted lines showing the position assumed by the outer memberof the pivoted sections when opened to receive the thill. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of one of the carriers, showing the back-strap buckle andbillet-holder in position.

AB are the two sections of the carrier pivotally connected by the commonpivot rod 0, of which A is the body or underlapping member and B theouter or overlapping member.

D is the buckle-holder onthe head of the carrier, which as shown, isformed integral, with the outer member B. The outer member B is providedwith a latch-seat b and the body member A with the latch-head a, whichengage with each other, under spring tension to lock the overlappingparts together.

I) is the projection or roll forming the finger rest, at the extremityof the free end of the outer or overlapping member.

E is the billet-holder and a is the depressed and yielding seatfor thesame formed on the lowermost curve of the body member.

E is the billet.

H is the back-strap buckle and H the back-- strap. '1 The back-strapbuckle holder D is of hookshape and is provided with a tongue passage (1at the curve of the hook and with a length- -.wise open ended slot d atthe tip of the same, for the ready application and removal of thebuckle.

The operation and usage of the device are obvious.

The billet holder E is of link or bail-like form, and is removable overthe free end of the body section; and maybe readilyinserted in or takenout of its seat a, by springing the free end of the body member. Theback-strap buckle H is ins'ertiblo into its holder D, by passing thetongue pivot into the opening of the hook and the tongue of the bucklethrough the passage d. The tongue of the buckle when being placed inposition enters the opening of the hook through the end slot d. Onremoving the buckle the reverse action takes place. When the back-strapis then applied in the customary way, the buckle will be socurely heldon its holder. The form of this buckle-holder D adapts the same for theapplication of buckles of different sizes and 0wing to the fact that theslot d is open at the end of the hook the holder may be of relativelysmall size.

The fact that the two sections of the carrier overlap at their free endsand open outward enables the carrier to be made relatively small andneat in form and yet be able to receive a relatively large thill and isa great convenience and security in the usage of the device. A jar orstroke applied to the out- -IOO constructed of spring materialthroughout, or. the free end of the same maybe made to yield withreference to the back of the same with the desired spring tension,byforming a short loop at or near the lowermost part of the curve as shownat a, which can then also be made to serve as a seat for thebillet-holder. I preferably form both sections of the carrier ofcomparatively rigid spring metal. When in use, the carriers are attachedto the harnessKand the shaft L, as shown on thehorse M, in Fig. 1.

Figs. 2, 3 and 4:, of the drawings are drawn to an exact scale one halffull size.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. A thill carrier having, at its head, the exposed and openbuckieholder D, projecting therefrom, which is of hook-like form with anexpanded beak, and is provided with the,

tongue passage cl, at the curve of the hook and with the open ended slotd in the beak of the hook for the ready insertion andremoval of the backstrap buckle, substantially as described.

2. A thill carrier constructed in two pivotally connected sections A andB, provided on its upper or head section A, with means for theattachment of a back strap, and provided endwise movement for lockingand unlocking the sections, and for forming a yielding seat for aremovable billet holder, substantially as described.

4. The thill carrier consisting of the pair of pivotally connectedsections A B, overlapping and interlocking at their free ends andopening outward, to admit the thill. of which sections the body A isconstructed of spring metal and provided with the loop a, for permittingan endwise movement of the free end of the said body section, forlocking and Innlocking and formingaseat for the removable billet holderE, and the other of which sections, to-wit, the section B is providedwith the out turned roll or boss I), for the purpose stated, and havingat its upper end or head the buckle-holder D d d, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM F. NI'EDERRITER.

lVitnesses:

J AS. F. WILLIAMSON, E. F. ELMORE.

